Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Aquatech prepares membrane-thermal ZLD for Columbia gold mine
The new hybrid membrane-thermal system is to be installed in April and commissioning is expected to be completed by Q4 2019.
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New research published on selective ion exchange membranes
Laura Paltrinieri and co-workers developed a method to prepare functional membranes based on covalent incorporation of a functionalised monomer
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MIT details process to use brine as a resource
Researchers at MIT have published details of a process to recycle brine for use in desalination plants instead of disposing of it.
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Hitachi develops cost-reducing adsorption filter
Hitachi Metals has developed a ceramic adsorption filter (CAF) as a pre-treatment for seawater reverse osmosis (RO) systems.
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Q&A: De Nora group CEO Paolo Dellacha on the acquisition of MIOX
Electrochemical tech company De Nora has acquired water purification firm MIOX. De Nora group chief executive Paolo Dellacha explains the thinking behind the deal and what the future holds
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EXTEND THE LIFE AND PERFORMANCE OF YOUR CRITICAL WATER TREATMENT ASSETS AND AVOID UNNECESSARY EXPENSES
The challenge: During the past years water treatment has become a key factor in the industrial and municipal arena. Many industries and utilities use various advanced water treatment technologies and face operation and maintenance challenges, due to ageing infrastructure, changes in the supply and quality of water, and the constant need to keep costs as…
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Five Minutes With: John Williams, global business development, membranes, Lanxess Sybron Chemicals
Returning to the membrane industry ‘feels like a very comfortable transition’, says Lanxess new business development hire John Williams
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Five Minutes With: Patrick van Eijik, manager, production and project engineering, Hatenboer-Water
Patrick van Eijik, a ‘natural go-between for production and engineering’, is newly appointed as manager, production and project engineering, at Netherlands-based Hatenboer-Water
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‘The water business needs consolidating’, Dick Heckmann, PolyCera Membranes, board director
Richard ‘Dick’ Heckmann, founder in 1990 of US Filter, a business he sold nine years later for $8.2 billion, tells Water. desal + reuse why the water business needs consolidating, why he’s backing PolyCera Membranes, and why California is ‘the stupidest state on the planet’
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Five Minutes With: Joe Gifford, Nanostone vice president of research and development
Joe Gifford, who is listed as an inventor on water technology patents in the US and globally, is Nanostone’s new vice president of research and development